Love on the run

The Runner’s World forum has been home to many things. Of which and with it being the 14th of February we thought it appropriate to celebrate the forum’s role is love. Over 10 years ago in September 2002 forumite nicknamed Happy Bunny (Caz) met her husband to be on the RW forums.

Caz tells their story below:

“We both started running in early 2002 and first met on the forums around September that year. I think I started a thread on the Brighton 10K that year, which we met on and often exchanged witty banter!

Gareth started a thread on the then URWFRC forum (now clubhouse I think), asking to set up a social meet amongst runners living or working in London. Between a group of us we arranged monthly meet ups at the end of each month usually in Central London. Romance blossomed in 2003 as our friendship developed further, so we eventually got together, as a pair of runners with occasional dodgy knees. Maddy (their daughter) followed in September 2004, which stunned my family as they had written me off for settling down and having kids at 35, Charlie followed in 2006.

We finally got married in 2009, in secret the day before my 40th Birthday. We had a couple of runners from the Runners World forums as our witnesses.”

We want to hear from you if running has played apart in your journey with love and we’ll publish more on Valentines Day this Friday. Please send in any stories and pictures to us at editor@runnersworld.co.uk.

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